'''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his cousin [[Sméagol]]. Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.

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'''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden River|Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his friend and relative [[Sméagol]].<ref>{{L|214}} p. 292</ref> Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.<ref>{{FR|I2}}</ref>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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Déagol is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'. Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".

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''Déagol'' is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".

==Adaptations==

==Adaptations==

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In [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]], Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]].

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'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''

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:Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992718/bio|articlename=Biography for Thomas Robins|dated=|website=[http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB]|accessed=30 January 2012}}</ref>